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A bunch of riddles

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  1. Guess from which language Czech borrowed these words

    bordó German French English Russian
    bumá¾ka German French English Russian
    daèa German French English Russian
    fla¹ka German French English Russian
    ka»u¹a German French English Russian
    kovboj German French English Russian
    k¹eft German French English Russian
    lanèmít German French English Russian
    líbesbríf German French English Russian
    meèbol German French English Russian
    retu¹ German French English Russian
    ¹anson German French English Russian

  2. Insert missing letter and check the Czech in the Czech National Corpus
    1. vowels: a, e, i, o, u / á, é, ì, í, ó, ú, ù

      so.d a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      dom.k a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      p.vo a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      k.st a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      hl.s a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      .nava a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      st.blo a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      l.ska a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      zp.vat a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      r.st a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù
      d.lat a e i o u á é ì í ó ú ù

    2. consonants with diacritic marks: ¾, ¹, è, ø, ï, », ò

      .len ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      .ivot ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      .íci ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      .ábel ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      chu. ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      stupe. ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò
      .kola ¾ ¹ è ø ï » ò

    3. consonants h or g

      po.rom h g
      .uma h g
      .romada h g
      .ousle h g
      po.oda h g
      ba.r h g
      ba.no h g

  3. Some Czech words have the same written form as the English ones (see other chou-cabbages above). Try to guess their meaning:

    house rake gosling roll
    list leaf region event
    ten day this out
    past fall feed trap
    most bridge bone enough
    proud stick strong stream

    Some Czech words have the same form in Czech as well as in other Slavic languages but a different meaning. Try to guess the correct Czech meaning:

    Pozor!
    Pay attention!
    For shame!

    pálit
    to burn
    to smoke

    statek
    a farm
    a ship

    zápach
    a stink
    a scent

Renata Blatná, Vladimír Petkeviè, ©2001

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